Five more arrested over crash that killed seven people including two police officers
A total of 17 people have now been arrested over Saturday’s crash in which car drove wrong way along dual carriageway Five more people have been arrested by detectives investigating a crash that killed seven people, including two police officers. PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed on Saturday when a Volkswagen Passat, which had been pursued by police, was driven the wrong way down the A66 near
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A total of 17 people have now been arrested over Saturday’s crash in which car drove wrong way along dual carriageway Five more people have been arrested by detectives investigating a crash that killed seven people, including two police officers. PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed on Saturday when a Volkswagen Passat, which had been pursued by police, was driven the wrong way down the A66 near
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Five more arrested over crash that killed seven people including two police officers
A total of 17 people have now been arrested over Saturday’s crash in which car drove wrong way along dual carriageway Five more people have been arrested by detectives investigating a crash that killed seven people, including two police officers. PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed on Saturday when a Volkswagen Passat, which had been pursued by police, was driven the wrong way down the A66 near
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Five more people arrested over A66 crash that killed seven people
News comes day after 12 people were arrested over crash in which car drove wrong way along dual carriageway Five more people have been arrested by detectives investigating the events leading up to the crash on the A66 that killed seven people, including two police officers. Cleveland police made the announcement after 12 people were arrested on Monday. Continue reading...
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